RCB vs KKR at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. 1st Match of the IPL 2025
Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy/Scattered Showers – With the Temperature of 28°C
Venue and Pitch Report – Eden Gardens, Kolkata
(i) Venue Statistics (T20s) For RCB vs KKR
Total Matches Played: 158
Average 1st Innings Score: 159
Average 2nd Innings Score: 147
Highest Total: 262/2 (Punjab Kings vs KKR, April 26, 2024)
Wins Batting First: 72
Wins Chasing: 86
(ii) Team Records at Eden Gardens
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Played 88 | Won 52 | Lost 36
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Played 13 | Won 5 | Lost 8
(iii) Top Performers at Eden Gardens
KKR – Top Batters at Eden Gardens
- Andre Russell: 957 runs (Avg 34.18) – 44 matches
- Manish Pandey: 655 runs (Avg 26.20) – 31 matches
- Sunil Narine: 559 runs (Avg 16.94) – 59 matches
- Rinku Singh: 413 runs (Avg 37.55) – 20 matches
- Venkatesh Iyer: 386 runs (Avg 27.57) – 18 matches
KKR – Top Bowlers at Eden Gardens
- Sunil Narine: 70 wickets (SR 18.91) – 59 matches
- Andre Russell: 40 wickets (SR 15.68) – 44 matches
- Varun Chakravarthy: 24 wickets (SR 15.17) – 16 matches
RCB – Top Batters at Eden Gardens
- Virat Kohli: 510 runs (Avg 39.23) – 17 matches
- Phil Salt: 350 runs (Avg 50) – 8 matches
- RCB – Top Bowlers at Eden Gardens
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 15 wickets (SR 19.33) – 13 matches
(iv) Recent Matches at Eden Gardens
- IND vs ENG (Jan 22, 2025) – IND won by 7 wickets
- KKR vs MI (May 11, 2024) – KKR won by 18 runs
- KKR vs DC (Apr 29, 2024) – KKR won by 7 wickets
- KKR vs PBKS (Apr 26, 2024) – PBKS won by 8 wickets
- KKR vs RCB (Apr 21, 2024) – KKR won by 1 run
Summary of Wicket Distribution:
- Pacers: 71 wickets
- Spinners: 46 wickets
(v) Powerplay Analysis (Last 5 Years – Night Matches)
1st Innings: 82.7% chance of wickets in Powerplay (1-6 overs)
2nd Innings: 87% chance of wickets in Powerplay (1-6 overs)
(vi) Powerplay in IPL 2024 at Eden Gardens For RCB vs KKR
1st Innings Wickets: 3w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 3w
2nd Innings Wickets: 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w
This report highlights pitch behavior, team performances, and fantasy insights for Dream11 predictions.
Head-to-Head Comparison RCB vs KKR
Overall Record For RCB vs KKR
- Total Matches: 35
- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Wins: 21
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Wins: 14
Recent Encounters (Last 5 Matches)
- Matches Played: 5
- KKR Wins: 4
- RCB Wins: 1
Head-to-Head at Eden Gardens
- Matches Played: 12
- KKR Wins: 8
- RCB Wins: 4
Top Performers in KKR vs RCB Clashes
FROM KKR
- Andre Russell – 7th highest run-scorer (392 runs, Avg: 39.20, 16M/15I)
- Sunil Narine – 9th highest run-scorer (289 runs, Avg: 28.90, 21M/12I)
- Venkatesh Iyer – 14th highest run-scorer (177 runs, Avg: 29.50, 7M/7I)
- Sunil Narine – Highest wicket-taker (26 wickets, SR: 18.46, 21M/20I)
- Andre Russell – 3rd highest wicket-taker (17 wickets, SR: 14.65, 16M/15I)
- Varun Chakravarthy – 5th highest wicket-taker (14 wickets, SR: 16.14, 10M/10I)
FROM RCB
- Virat Kohli – Highest run-scorer (962 runs, Avg: 37, 35M/32I)
Now let's analyse each player from both of the teams-
Player Analysis Of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
1. Phil Salt
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 54(40), 10(13), 48(14), 75(37), 6(5), 0(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 89(47)*, 68(33)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 48(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 30(20)
2. Virat Kohli
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 2(5), 15(16), 31(33), 100(58), 52(41), 25(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 30(23)*, 18(19), 38(31), 13(15), 55(37)*, 75(51)*, 0(1), 17(13), 21(18), 18(7)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 2(5), 0(4), 17(14), 52(44), 5(9), 31(33), 68(44)*, 84(49), 100(58), 33(28)*, 5(6), 5(4), 39(33), 83(59)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 1(5), 19(12), 30(23)*, 15(15), 6(14), 18(19), 35(27), 31(23), 38(31), 13(15), 34(20), 75(51)*, 0(1), 18(17)*, 12(7), 21(18), 54(37), 18(7)
3. Rajat Patidar(C)
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 112(54)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 52(23)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 3(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 52(23)
4 Devdutt Padikkal
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 28(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 32(23), 25(28), 22(20), 21(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 25(17)
5. Liam Livingstone
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 15(9)&0w, 0(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 19(16)&0w, 15(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 6(6)
6. Tim David
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 0(3)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 13(9), 24(13)*, 24(20), 0(3)
7. Jacob Bethell
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
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8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
VENUE
1st Batting – 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting – 2w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 0w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting – 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting – 2w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w
9. Yash Dayal
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 1w, 2w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 2w
10. Rasikh Salam Dar
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
11. Josh Hazlewood
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
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12. Jitesh Sharma
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 46(24)*, 21(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
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13. Krunal Pandya
VENUE
1st Batting – 0(1)*&0w, 8(2)*&2w, 9(8)&1w,
2nd Batting – 21(9)*&1w, 24(18)&0w, 0(1)&1w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting – 0(1)*&0w, 14(11)&1w, 8(2)*&2w, 1(3)*&0w, 15(9)&1w, 12(9)&0w, 25(27), 9(8)&1w, 7(8)*&0w
2nd Batting – 6(5)&0w, 11(6)&3w, 45(30)*&0w, 24(18)&0w, 0w, 0w, 5(6)&0w
14. Swapnil Singh
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 0(1)&0w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
15. Nuwan Thushara
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 1w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
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16. Lungi Ngidi
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 2w
17. Manoj Bhandage
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 25(9)&0w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
18. Romario Shepherd
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 1w, 29(21)&1w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
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19. Mohit Rathee
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
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20. Abhinandan Singh
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
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21. Swastik Chhikara
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
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22. Suyash Sharma
VENUE
2nd Bowling – 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w
1st Bowling – 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w
HEAD TO HEAD
2nd Bowling – 3w, 2w, 0w
1st Bowling –
Player Analysis Of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
1. Ajinkya Rahane (C)
VENUE
1st Batting – 6(9), 0(3), 19(16), 6(10), 21(18), 2(6), 11(12), 71(29)*
2nd Batting – 4(10), 11(9), 46(41), 34(21), 21(22), 5(4), 1(5)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting – 0(1), 62(49)*, 17(10), 103(60)*, 14(13), 18(12), 74(48), 30(25), 6(8), 36(20), 33(31), 9(10), 37(20)
2nd Batting/ – 13(18), 2(6), 23(19), 24(22), 42(39), 60(46), 22(20), 60(46), 27(19), 33(22)
2. Venkatesh Iyer
VENUE
1st Batting – 20(15)&1w, 33(18), 35(19)*&2w, 3(7), 11(14), 57(42), 7(5), 8(6), 16(8), 39(23), 42(21)
2nd Batting – 24(13)*&0w, 10(11), 20(20), 11(13), 24(15), 26(23)*
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting – 10(14)&0w, 3(7), 31(26), 16(8)
2nd Batting – 41(27)*, 26(30), 50(30)
3. Sunil Narine
VENUE
1st Batting – 0w, 0w, 6(9)&1w, 42(17)&3w, 34(17)&1w, 0(6)&0w, 9(10)&1w, 1(4)&2w, 1(4)&3w, 4(2)&1w, 0w, 24(9)&0w, 2(7)&2w, 11(8)&2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2(4)&1w, 109(56)&2w, 10(15)&2w, 71(32)&1w, 0(1)&1w
2nd Batting – 0w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 37(18)&1w, 4(4)&0w, 0(4)&1w, 50(19)&2w, 32(20)&1w, 4(2)&1w, 21(7)&1w, 26(13)&0w, 18(16)&1w, 0(1)&0w, 0w, 1(2)&2w, 6(6)&1w, 15(10)&1w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting – 1w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 34(17), 12(8)&1w, 0(1)*&2w, 0w, 10(15)&2w
2nd Batting – 4w, 0w, 54(17)&2w, 50(19)&1w, 27(19)&0w, 10(8)&1w, 18(16)&1w, 0w, 26(15)&4w, 47(22)&1w
4. Quinton De Kock
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 17(10), 4(4), 28(27), 10(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 0(4), 6(5)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 4(4), 29(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
5. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 57(44), 81(39), 18(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 0(3), 15(12), 10(15)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 57(44)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
6. Manish Pandey
VENUE
1st Batting – 0(7), 23(15), 33(26), 22(19), 52(29), 0(2), 50(35), 48(30), 46(25), 24(21), 15(16), 37(32), 8(5)*
2nd Batting – 17(15), 18(28)*, 22(15), 15(12)*, 15(10)*, 25(16)*, 5(4), 33(33), 4(11), 19(24), 45(29)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 0(7), 5(3), 13(12), 23(25), 50(35), 15(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 2(2)*, 8(12), 4(3)*
7. Rinku Singh
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 3(3)*, 46(33), 19(20), 16(18), 23(15), 20(9)*, 24(16), 5(4), 20(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 6(6), 16(18), 5(3), 58(31)*, 53(33)*, 21(10)*, 67(33)*, 11(11)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 46(33), 18(10)*, 24(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 6(6), 5(5)*
8. Andre Russell
VENUE
1st Batting – 4(8)&0w, 41(17)*&0w, 1(3)&1w, 5(5)&1w, 36(17)&1w, 16(10)&4w, 1w, 39(19)*&0w, 9(5)&0w, 41(12)&1w, 10(7)&0w, 49(25)*&0w, 48(17)&2w, 45(21)&1w, 10(4)&0w, 14(14)&1w, 80(40)*&2w, 64(25)*&2w, 13(10)&0w, 27(20)*&3w, 24(12)&0w, 24(14)&2w
2nd Batting – 0w, 55(32)*&2w, 51(21)&1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2(4)&0w, 11(5)*&2w, 3(7)&0w, 49(19)*&2w, 65(25)&1w, 3(6)&3w, 9(6)&0w, 42(23)&0w, 7(9)&0w, 1w, 0w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting – 41(17)*&0w, 45(17)&1w, 39(19)*&0w, 25(18)&0w, 0(1), 1(2)&2w, 27(20)*&3w
2nd Batting – 39(24)&1w, 15(11)&0w, 0(1)&3w, 48(13)*&0w, 65(25)&1w, 16(10)&1w, 31(20)&0w, 3w, 2w
9. Ramandeep Singh
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 2(3), 2w, 35(17), 1(1)*, 24(9)*, 6(3)*&0w, 17(8)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 29(15)&0w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 24(9)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
10. Harshit Rana
VENUE
2nd Bowling – 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 2w,
1st Bowling – 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 2w
11. Rovman Powell
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 4(13), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 68(36)*, 25(14), 26(13)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 0(1), 16(8)*
12. Varun Chakravarthy
VENUE
2nd Bowling – 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 0w,
1st Bowling – 1w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w,
HEAD TO HEAD
2nd Bowling – 0w, 10(16)*&1w, 4w, 3w, 1w
1st Bowling – 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w
13. Anrich Nortje
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 3w, 0w
14. Spencer Johnson
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
15. Angkrish Raghuvanshi
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 30(18), 3(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 7(6)
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
16. Moeen Ali
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 0(2), 66(28)&0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 3(8)&0w, 19(9)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 23(18), 34(27)&2w
17. Anukul Roy
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 7(2)*&0w, 6(6)*&0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 4(7)&1w, 18(16)&0w, 28(13)*&0w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
18. Chetan Sakariya
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 1w, 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
19. Vaibhav Arora
VENUE
2nd Bowling – 0w, 1w, 0w
1st Bowling – 2w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 0w,
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
20. Mayank Markande
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 0w, 2w
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling – 1w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling – 1w, 1w
21. Luvnith Sisodia
VENUE
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
HEAD TO HEAD
1st Batting/2nd Bowling –
2nd Batting/1st Bowling –
Safe C/VC Choices
- Virat Kohli, Sunil narine
Differential GL C/VC choices
- KKR – Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, V. chakraborty
- RCB – Paddikal, Patidar, Salt
